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Chủ Nhật, 24 tháng 4, 2011

Different Kinds of Computer Infections

By Thomas Wilson


Now a days, the term "virus" is thrown out alot, although oftentimes erroneously. If you wish to protect your computer from them, it really is crucial that you understand exactly what they are as well as what exactly they do. It's additionally essential to know if you have malware, adware, spyware, or another form of system infection on your computer. As soon as you know those things you can begin to find out how to get rid of viruses. Below you will find a variety of the most frequent kinds of infections along with a brief description:

Malware: Short for malicious software, malware is a PC application designed to secretly gain access to your PC. Malware is a generic term and may include viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware, scareware, crimeware, as well as other harmful software.

Viruses: In short, a PC virus is a software program that can copy itself and infect a PC. The most frequent ways to receive viruses include things like opening them in seemingly harmless email attachments, by CD, or flash-drive. Despite the fact that numerous PC viruses can simply be irritating, others can end up being very destructive, getting rid of information, crashing your PC, and/or emailing itself to all your contacts, just to name a few.

Worms: Worms are similar to viruses except they replicate and spread easier and more rapidly since they need significantly less (if any) human action to spread. They typically spread by means of the internet rather than like a virus which mainly spreads by means of email.

Wabbits: No, I'm definitely not referring to the Warner Bros. cartoon. Computer wabbits are a unusual kind of malware, and generally the least ambitious. Unlike the majority of malware however, wabbits don't spread from computer to computer, but instead concentrate on wrecking a single machine.

Spyware: The primary distinction between viruses and spyware is how you receive it. You get spyware by downloading free software programs that also contain spyware. Just like the name suggests, spyware monitors your every activity on your PC and may access your private data, browsing history, as well as surfing habits. Spyware is additionally known to alter computer settings which can result in different home pages, slower connection speeds, and loss of internet connection. Spyware does not reproduce and spread itself like viruses do.

Trojan Horses: Named after the Greek myth, trojans are generally comparable to spyware, where the user downloads and installs the application unknowingly while they download a helpful application. A trojan horse, once installed, can download more spyware, adware, and so on.

Adware: Otherwise known as advertising-supported software, when downloaded, adware will automatically play, show, or install advertisements on your computer. The point of adware is to obtain revenue for its creator. Even though it can be very bothersome, adware by itself, is often harmless.

Keyloggers: Logs your key strokes, generally to figure out financial data and/or passwords.

URL Injector: This program automatically switches certain Web addresses you type into your internet browser with an affiliate link to the exact same website so the creator of the application will get a commission on various things you pay for on the internet.

Dialers: This program uses your computer's modem to dial commonly premium-rate phone numbers.




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